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Captain James Cook begins his third voyage.
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James Cook
British explorer and naval officer (1728–1779)
Captain James Cook was a British Royal Navy officer, explorer, and cartographer who led three important voyages of exploration to the Pacific and Southern Oceans between 1768 and 1779. He completed the first recorded circumnavigation of the main islands of New Zealand, and was…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Third voyage of James Cook
Royal Navy exploration voyage to the North Pacific from 1776 to 1780
James Cook's third and final voyage was a British attempt to discover the Northwest Passage between the Atlantic ocean and the Pacific coast of North America. The attempt failed and Cook was killed at Hawaii in a violent dispute with the local inhabitants.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)